23676 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 4, 2010 / Notices 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: April 28, 2010. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10292 Filed 5–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XW25 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and 

South Atlantic; Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Data 

Workshop for HMS sandbar, dusky, and 

blacknose sharks. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessments of 

the HMS stocks of sandbar, dusky, and 

blacknose sharks will consist of a series 

of workshops and webinars: a Data 

Workshop, a series of Assessment 

webinars, and a Review Workshop. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The Data Workshop will take 

place June 21–25, 2010. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The Data Workshop will be 

held at Embassy Suites Historic 

Charleston, 337 Meeting Street, 

Charleston, SC 29403; telephone: (843) 

723–6900 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber 

Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 

571–4366; e-mail: Julie.neer@safmc.net 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Assessment 

Process is a stock assessment report 

which describes the fisheries, evaluates 

the status of the stock, estimates 

biological benchmarks, projects future 

population conditions, and recommends 

research and monitoring needs. The 

assessment is independently peer 

reviewed at the Review Workshop. The 

product of the Review Workshop is a 

Summary documenting Panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

SEDAR 21 Data Workshop Schedule 

June 21–25, 2010; SEDAR 21 Data 

Workshop 

June 21, 2010: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; June 21– 

24, 2010: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; June 25, 2010: 

8 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

An assessment data set and associated 

documentation will be developed 

during the Data Workshop. Participants 

will evaluate all available data and 

select appropriate sources for providing 

information on life history 

characteristics, catch statistics, discard 

estimates, length and age composition, 

and fishery dependent and fishery 

independent measures of stock 

abundance. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business 

days prior to each workshop. 

Dated: April 28, 2010. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10293 Filed 5–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

[Docket No.: 100429201–0201–01] 

Solicitation of Applications for the i6 

Challenge Under EDA’s Economic 

Adjustment Assistance Program 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The i6 Challenge is a new, 

multi-agency innovation competition 

led by the U.S. Department of 

Commerce (DOC) and its Economic 

Development Administration (EDA). 

EDA intends to fund implementation 

grants for technical assistance through 

its Economic Adjustment Assistance 

Program under the i6 Challenge. The 

DOC and EDA will coordinate this 

funding opportunity with the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH), the National 

Science Foundation (NSF), and the U.S. 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 

to leverage federal resources and 

maximize available funding to i6 

Challenge winners. The i6 Challenge is 

designed to encourage and reward 

innovative, ground-breaking ideas that 

will accelerate technology 

commercialization and new venture 

formation across the United States, for 

the ultimate purpose of helping to drive 

economic growth and job creation. To 

accomplish this, the i6 Challenge targets 

sections of the research-to-deployment 

continuum that are in need of additional 

support, in order to strengthen regional 

innovation ecosystems. Applicants to 

the i6 Challenge are expected to propose 

mechanisms to fill in existing gaps in 

the continuum or leverage existing 

infrastructure and institutions, such as 

economic development organizations, 

academic institutions, or other nonprofit organizations, in new and 

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